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Chiloquin, Ore.– Fremont-Winema National Forest managers are asking for public comments on a proposed restoration project totaling about 97,500 acres, located within the Chiloquin Ranger District. The Lobert Restoration Project is generally located between the communities of Fort Klamath and Chiloquin, south to Hagelstein Park, and east to Swan Lake Point and Saddle Mountain....

Klamath Falls, Ore. – The Oregon Health Authority has lifted a health advisory issued July 28 for Upper Klamath and Agency lakes downstream to Keno Dam on JC Boyle Reservoir. Klamath and Agency lakes are located just north of Klamath Falls along Highway 97 in Klamath County. Water monitoring has confirmed the level of blue-green algae and...

Klamath Falls, Ore.– Klamath County emergency workers were called out to Kingsley Field Tuesday after a military pilot had an in-flight emergency. According to Jennifer Shriar, Public Affairs Manager for the 173rd Fighter Wing based at Kingsley Field… a pilot experienced what they call a “gray-out”… or started to lose consciousness due to high g-forces, but...

Bend, Ore.– Two people died Tuesday afternoon in Deschutes County… west of Bend… in what Oregon State Police say was an explosion inside a World War Two era military tank. The Bend Fire Department was called out to a public firing range just after 3:00 yesterday, where they found two patients who had been injured in...

Klamath Falls, Ore.– Nevada may be trying to sabotage all that work to keep the Sage Grouse off of the endangered species list. Nevada is trying to block a new US policy. Nevada has refused to designate the bird as threatened in order to implement measure to protect its habitat, which could lead to...

Klamath Falls, Ore.– With the recent shootings at Umpqua Community College… Students at Klamath Community College may have questions or concerns about security on your school’s campus. KCC Campus Safety Coordinator Dennis Narron and other school officials will be on hand for a student forum on safety Wednesday afternoon. It starts at 3:00pm in building...

Klamath Falls, Ore.– Gas prices in Oregon are about 20-cents higher than the national average… but they’ve dropped more than 4-cents over the past week to about $2.30 per gallon. Analysts say inventories of crude oil are expected to keep rising gradually, keeping prices down for 2016. Right now in Klamath County we’re paying $2.33...

Yreka, Calif.– We told you last week about Adenovirus Hemorrhagic being detected in deer in Southern Klamath County… California Wildlife officials are seeing the virus there as well… in urban areas. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife has collected evidence from several deer carcasses showing that the disease has reached urban areas between Siskiyou County...

Grants Pass, Ore.– Two men are in custody in Josephine County… facing murder charges in connection with the death of a man who’s body was found over the weekend near Lake Selmac. OSP says two Texas men, 20-year-old Blake Sibley and 22-year-old Carroll Ballard face First Degree Robbery and Murder charges. Police are still looking for...

Klamath Falls, Ore.– A Chiloquin woman died in a two car accident in Northern Klamath County Sunday afternoon. Oregon State Police say 28-year old Michelle Rose Cirrito died at the scene of the wreck on Highway 62 South of Crater Lake. Troopers say Cirrito hit a car that was trying to turn onto the highway....